Joshua 9:23 meaning and explanation
Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Joshua 9:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua speaks here to the Gibeonites, a people who had tricked Israel into a treaty by pretending to come from far away. Having discovered the deception, Joshua pronounces a curse on them, but it is not destruction.
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